The Society for Coaching Psychology Italy, is holding the 3rd International Congress of Coaching Psychology event in Rome on the 16-17 May, 2013. It will have speakers from around the world. Further info: http://www.scpitaly.it/congresso/en

The 2nd International Congress of Coaching Psychology, Israel is taking place on Thursday, September 6th, 2012 at Tel Aviv University. Visit our events section and use the map link to check out the excellent location.

The Society for Coaching Psychology Italy has now been established. Another exciting step for the coaching psychology community. They held their inaugral meeting in September and they plan to hold a congress event in Rome in March 2013. Watch this space!

The new issue of Coaching Psychology
International has just been published by the International Society for Coaching
Psychology. In addition to papers it has news about international coaching
psychology congress events and also news from some of the coaching psychology
bodies around the world.

The latest edition of the International Coaching Psychology Review includes an international debate around the agenda for teaching coaching psychology. The discussion starts with a paper from Dr Anthony Grant, of the Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Sydney, who offers thoughts on how coaching psychology should be taught based on research so far. There follows a response to Anthony's paper from colleagues in the field, including Dr Michael Cavanagh, Prof Stephen Palmer, Dr Angela Hetherington, Dr Jonathan Palmer, and others. Finally Anthony Grant provides a further response to comments from the field.

At the SGCP UK event in December 2011 we filmed several keynote, invited speaker and research paper sessions. These will be made available on the SGCP website over the coming months. We start with four videos that include.

Attachment Theory and Coaching: Working at the Intersection of Neuroscience and Narrative by Dr David Drake

In order to register for this congress, you will need to become either a guest (free) or member (membership fee) of SIOPSA.-In the left hand menu bar on the SIOPSA website (http://www.siopsa.org.za/asp/interestgroups/consulting.aspx) is an option to 'become a member today' click here and follow the prompts to sign up. -Once you have signed up you can then register at 'Browse Events'.-*** INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES ***Please follow the above instructions, create a profile then register online. However, if you fall under our 'other' international coaching psychology membership categories, the invoice generated off the SIOPSA website for you will NOT have your discounted rate. Please contact the SIOPSA Office for further assistance with the discount [email protected] ***

-best wishes

Carly MassimianiSIOPSASociety for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa